Automatic warning lights of the type used in streets are the latest safety device at level crossings in Germany. Worked by the trains, they supplement .ordinary barriers and gates. The German State Railways are erecting these lights at more than eighty crossings. The oldest court of justice is the “ tribunal of the waters,” held weekly in Valencia, Spain, for 972 years. Eight judges hear cases concerning the vast water system of the province and quickly render their verbal decisions, which are not subject to argument or appeal.
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Evening Star, Issue 21632, 30 January 1934, Page 7
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